The moon that wasn't:the saga of Venus' spurious satellite
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Birkhäuser Verlag,
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Publisher Address: | Basel, Switzerland Boston [Mass.] |
Publication Dates: | c2008. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Science networks. Historical studies ; v. 37 |
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Carrier Form: | xii, 199 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9783764389086 (acid-free paper) 3764389087 (acid-free paper) |
Index Number: | P185 |
CLC: | P185.28 |
Call Number: | P185.28/K893 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-191) and index. Introduction -- A moon or not? A century of confusion -- From climax to anticlimax -- Contemporary analysis and criticism -- A spurious but persistent satellite -- Closure: the discussion of the 1880s -- Conclusion, and a note on the satellites of Uranus. |